Louis XIV

Brothers birth

1640

Birth of Louis' brother Philippe.

Declared of age

1651

Louis XIV declared of age takes full control of throne

Mistress

1660

Louise de La Vallière becomes Louis' mistress while he is still married.

Death of Mazarin

Mar 9, 1660

Death of Mazarin; henceforth Louis governs (on Mazarin's advice) without a first minister; cabinet and conseil government develops and the civil service is increasingly bureaucratised.

Marrige

Jun 9, 1660

Marriage of Louis XIV with Maria Teresa, infanta of Spain; she renounces her right to the Spanish throne against a promised dowry

Birth of children

Nov 1, 1661

Birth of Louis, dauphin of France. Between 1662 and 1672 five more children (two sons, three daughters) are born of Louis' marriage to Maria Teresa, none of whom survived infancy or early childhood. Birth of Louis' first illegitimate child; between 1662 and 1678 ten acknowledged illegitimate children are born to him; those who survive early childhood are legitimized.

Church peace

1668

Louis orders ,Church peace', forbidding public controversy between Jansenists, Gallicans and Ultramontanes. Secret partition-treaty with Leopold 1 for the Spanish inheritance.

Grandchildren

1682

Birth of Louis' first grandchild, a boy from the marriage of the dauphin in 1680 with the Bavarian princess Marie-Christine; in all three legitimate grandchildren were born alive or survived infancy; by his legitimised children Louis had nine grandchildren.

Death of wife

1682

Death of Louis' wife Maria Teresa due to illness.

Papacy

1693

Louis XIV ends the regale dispute with the papacy, setting aside the Gallican articles.